Tuesday, June 26, 2007

shortcuts

Sometimes in life you just have to take shortcuts. I walked into JoAnn fabrics with a single thing to buy. Elastic thread for Erin'sSunny Day dress tutorial. Well, I did a double take when I saw fabric already shirred.

They didn't have a ton of choices, but this fabric was perfect for my punkin! She wanted the raw frayed edge on the bottom, so the only thing I had to do was sew one side seam, and sew on some straps. Pink rick rack was her choice.

And for some strange reason, I got the same satisfaction from all of the other things that I have made from start to finish! I also did buy the elastic thread, because I will try to do the shirring myself, one day.

Now if there were only a shortcut to all the things I have to do today, then I would be all set!

Thank you so much for all the kind words about my summertime tunic! I am going to try very hard to wear it.

this dress is so stinkin cute i wish i were young enough to wear one like it! and your daughter looks so chic with her dress, jack rogers, and sipping from a mason glass jar with matching pink straw! i guess great style runs in your family!

I've seen that fabric at Joann's and have been tempted to buy some for myself! It's good to know how to do the shirring, though, since these pre-shirred fabrics don't come in a wide variety. I love the frayed edge, too...I've been seeing a lot of those hems in the stores (Lucky Brand, Madewell, etc.). Your girl's on the cutting edge (so to speak).